Improvement in hoop-skirt fastenings



CQMM HM @aunt @mink d `rnANcIS EBAY, ouNEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNon ATo HiMsnL-F AND LYMAN H.` DAY, or sAMn rLAcn, AssIcNons To JASON n. LooM-rs Fon ONF-HALF THEIR l .meer l l i l i. Letters Patent AN0.`l95,203, lated September 28, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT Il? HOOP-SKIRT 'ASTENING-S.

The` Schedulerefei'red .to ixrthese Letters Patent and making 'che same.

" T 0 au wlOm if may '00?067'71'3 The tape A, illustrated inthe drawing, an article Beit known that'I, FRANCIS E'. DAY, of the city,

county, and'State'of New York, have invented `a new and improved Mode of Securing/the Hoops or Springs to the Tapes inv the Manufacture of Hoop-Skirts;

` and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full,

- clear, and exact descriptionl of the same, reference' being had to. the accompanying drawing, which forms part of ,thisspeczicationp f The general mode of securing the hoopto the tapes i in the manuiacturekof hoop-skirts, is by means of a metallic fastening, (such as a clasp or eyelet,) which passes through the tape, and is turned doyvuagainst` or on the tape or hoop on the side opposite vto that at which it'enters. Such fastening is always liable to tear thefabric of thetape, and the points of the clasp are always'liable to be bent outward and to tear the, clothes ofthe lady, as well as to become loose, in

which latter oasethe` hoop becomes loosened from the ytape,'landlliable toslide and get the skirt out of shape or to assume an unnatural position, injuring the set of the hoop-skirt; andfurt-herthan this, the metallic.

i fastenings arealways `visible on the outside of the skirt, and detract from the'ueat and attractive appear-y ance of the hoop-skirt.

The object o f my invention is to remedy all these time gain additional advantages. y j

` My invention, therefore,A consists in yanimproved method of securing the hoops or springs to the tapes` in the manufacture of hoop-skirts, and it is effected by prejudicial and objectionable features, and at the same means of a metallic fastening` which clasps 'the hoop on each side of the loop, casing, pocket, or shirr formed on the underside of the tape for the reception of the `hoop or springs, 'whereby the hoop'and tape are held securely in place, and without any metallic fast- .cnng passing through the same from the outside, or

being visible on the exterior of the skirt; hence, va

vmore durable, and more symmetrical, neat, and attx-active article ofladies wearing-upparelis produced, than the same article as at present constructed, where metallic clasps are used.

In the accompanying drawing- I j Figure 1 is a front or outside view of a portion of ,l 'one ofthe tapes of a hoop-skirt, with the hoops sei cured to it according'to myinve`ntion.

well` known in the market, and used iu the manufactureof hoop-skirts. It is woven with what are termed shirrs, or loops, or pockets, a c, (see iigs. 2 and 3,) ou one side, (the side which is to be nearest the wearer of the skirt,) through which loops the hoops or springs 'are run, and are thus held on the tapes at the intended distance lapart, but the tapes'are not restrained thereby from moving to` right or left ou the hoops, another fastening being requisite to prevent such movement. It is immaterial what kind of tape is used, whether double or'single, sollong as 'the same is provided with a loop or pocket, oran equivalent therefor, on one side, through which the hoops or springs are to pass for holding them at a proper distance apart.

In' Figure 5, I have shown a fastening well adapted for` carrying out my invention. It is a semi-tubular piece of metal, B, provided with projecting lips, b b', ateach eudof which lips are folded down ovcrthe tapes canbe' performed by the same operative who runs the hoops through the pockets, and` while the skilt is yet upon the frame, thus saving in handling the skirts as now practised, and hence in labor and-expense. f

It will be observed by my improved Inode of securing the hoops or springs to the tapes in the manufac- -ture of hoopskirts- First, ,thatthe' metallic fastening is clasped around the hoop or springs, not through or to the tape, as is usual. "Second, that the shirr or loop is confined to the hoop, the main portion of the' tape being free from the hoop, except as connected by means of the loop; thus l the bagging of the tape is, in a great measure, prevented, andan easier bodilymovement of the hoops i secured;

Third', that when the tape, asin most cases it would be, is made wider than the pocket, the whole metallic fastening is' entirely concealed behimLthe tape, and hence a skirt of a neater and moreattractive appear-v ance is obtained.

Fourth, that the fastening is more secure than those now usually employed, and that it is, as a whole, more desirable, neater, easily applied, and secure than those' now employed, and that there is no liability, with such mode of fastening, of the hoop being freed from the tape by reason ot' the metallic asteuiug'unclasping, and no liability of points projecting to tear the ladies clothes.

Itis evident that two tapes could be used and stitched together to form pockets, and in order to obtain all the advantages of my invention, the inner tape could be narrower than the outer one.

I am aware that a clasp is used which crosses the tape on the outside, and whose points are turned down on the hoop at each side of the tape, butin such cases the device is provided with other points, intermedi# ately of its length, which pass through .the tope, to properly eiect the securing together of the tape and hoop, which tape is seldom, if ever, provided with pockets or loops. It is evident that this does not meet my invention.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the hoop or wire and the tape of :t hoop-skirt, when said tape is provided m'th a. pocket or loop of lesser width than such tape, of a. metallic clasp or fastening, of such length that when its lips are clasped :wound said hoop or wire, it will not be practically visible when looking at the face or outside of the tape, the whole arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes herein specified.

FRANCIS E. DAY.

Witnesses:

L.` H. DAY, T. B. BEECHER. 

